MULTIMODAL MODEL · Aug 14, 2026

Qwen3.8-27B

Qwen3.8-27B by Alibaba: released Aug 14, 2026; 27B parameters; 256K-token context; open weights under Apache-2.0; API available outside China; list price $0.50 input / $3 output per 1M tokens.

Specifications

Released
Aug 14, 2026 · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Outside China
Global API · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Open weights
Yes · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
License
Apache-2.0 · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Claim status
Company-reported · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Parameters
27B · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Context window
262,144 tokens · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
List price
$0.50 input / $3 output per 1M tokens · verified Sep 29, 2026 · Evidence
Hugging Face
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B · verified Sep 29, 2026

Release timeline

  1. Reportedly: Underdog AI releases Saluki 27B: a 2-bit quantized Qwen3.8-27B at 7.89 GB
  2. Reportedly: Cloudflare launches open-source multimodal decision model Clef based on Qwen
  3. Qwen released Qwen3.8-27B on Hugging Face